
it’s a sunny day in hell forgive me if I hadn’t noticed… what with all the screaming of the damned… love love love land’s sakes, oh heaven above does any word mean less than one we apply equally to who we marry and our dog? you gotta be real with me you owe me that much when you said forever did you mean it or were you speaking in tongues or perhaps reciting from a discount greeting card? you can’t be alone when you’re the center of everything that happens when the faintest breath spins the earth off its axis you gotta be true with me you’ve taken enough when you said forever was it the punchline to a lifelong setup? or perhaps something you rummaged from the garbage? pull the curtains closed turn down the lights let’s re-explore our bodies like the blind leading the blind stow those sweet nothings in the overhead compartment bring your seatbacks and tray tables to their full upright and locked positions read me to filth fondle my poison pill tempt the reaper’s scythe with a tempestuous glance across rows of well worn heels. while we’re working through our problems another bomb just dropped kaboom